Mr. Kickliter! I got your great, informative email and replied with a long one, but I'll bet your junk filter nailed it. THANX!!! So VERY cool to have the history of this kit!
Here's Mr. Kickliter's reply. I LOVE this set! Hunter B. IN AZ
Hello Hunter, it's about 11:30 and Jay Leno is on TV. My wife was
googling my name (why, is beyond me) and she say's "didn't you have a
Premier drum kit"? She say's "come check this out"...... and so I read
your posting on the Vintage drum guide. Yea, they are or were teal green.
There is a lot of history behind that kit...here's the short version
Bought new in 1979 in Pensacola Fl. (my first new kit, it was Black
then) where it had the **** kicked out of it while I gigged in biker bars
and played Zepplin, Kinks, Pink Floyd,etc.
It traveled to Nashville in 1981and went to school while it worked in
another cover band doing more pink floyd, Genesis, Judas Priest and
other sundry bands of the time. (Velvet Revolver was just on Leno, Iz very
Rocking)
From 84-86 it worked in an original band with a friend Robb Houston,
until it went out on the road and recorded with its first country act.
In 1987 in a show in Chicago, upstage lights were a little too close to
the kit and melted the covering on the floor tom a kick and the back
of my head and so it was recoverd in a new black.
In 1992 I was sick of black and with the help of an insanely talented
Sam Bacco the bearing edges were trued by hand and the teal covering (
actually call Peacock by Formica) was installed.
In 1993 it went out with Brother Phelps an offshoot band of the
Kentucky Headhunters. The original stands gave up the ghost and were replaced
with the DW hardware. (You might still have it) They were used to
record their first CD and was out on the road again touring with Reba,
Michael Montgomery, George Jones, etc.
In August of 1994 I put my sticks down and sold my drum kits. I don't
know where the Dolly Parton info came from......... Well, that's the
short version, drop me a line sometime, hope you enjoy the kit and the
update........
Martin Kickliter
Event Audio
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